Chapter 1641 - A Tossed-Out Mage (2/2)

Lily’s eyes widened immediately. “Huh? I only see medieval-style buildings, and they have WIFI here?!”

“Every world’s tech tree is different. Many high magic societies study anti-gravity magic the moment they start digging out stones to build their houses, but at times, even if they are able to develop teleportation, they may not be able to produce chemical fertilizers. This is what the diversity of worlds and civilizations means,” Hao Ren said with an “I’m well-learned so I’m not surprised” look as he shrugged before he turned curiously towards the end of the street. “Eh, what’s going on there, why is there a crowd before that big building?”

Lily immediately perked up as she heard there’s fun to be seen. “Let’s go see! Let’s!”

Towards the end of the street was a big building with a blue pointed roof. The scale of the building was quite large but its decorations did not look like the extravagant noble dwellings in the city center, rather it looked more like a public facility. By the time Hao Ren and the rest got to the building an even larger crowd had formed as layers of onlookers crowded before the lobby of the building. Within the crowd was a cacophony of noises, some were discussing something, others were cursing as their tails or foot were stepped on. Hao Ren noticed that most of the people in the crowd were in mercenary getups, and these bellicose scoundrels were all gathered together, making the already chaotic scene even worse.

He led his crew around the crowd before managing to squeeze in (this was mainly due to Lily’s massive sword and Y’zaks face) and as he squeezed in he understood what the building was for:

From the local speech and the sign hanging on the building, it seemed like the hub for mercenaries and adventurers, or well, a guild hall.

“A mercenary guild hall, eh,” Lily said to Hao Ren by her side as she squeezed in while hefting her giant sword. “It is rather cheesy but I’m getting a rather warm and fuzzy feeling! Mr. Landlord, didn’t we also register as a group of mercenaries the first time we went to Holletta?”

“F*ck, don’t remind me of that.” Hao Ren started having cold sweat as he recalled that. “Imagine having a super awesome main character going into another world forming a mercenary team and ended up having registered that bloody name!”

“The No Good Names Left Mercenary Group! What’s wrong with that?” Lily had a cocksure look on her face. “Why, you’re looking down on my naming sense?”

Hao Ren was speechless.

The attempt of both of them trying to force their way through the crowd had made quite a few onlookers unhappy,and even within the mercenaries, someone like Lily who could heft a greatsword like it was a feather around was a rarity, plus the terrifying visage of the seemingly demi-giant in the form of Y’zaks holding fort, the normal mercenaries could only swallow their anger as Hao Ren and the rest actually made it to the front.

There was still a layer of people before him and Hao Ren could not see clearly what was happening so he turned and ask, “Excuse me, what’s going on here?”

The person he asked was a red-haired mercenary. This lady, clad in a simple garb with a terrifying scar on her face was already unhappy at being pushed and shoved , and the moment Hao Ren tapped on her shoulder she turned around with a glare. But as she saw Lily’s massive blade on her shoulder her expression immediately changed to ‘F*ck me, that’s impressive’ and whatever vulgarities she had on the tip of her tongue were instantly forced back down her throat. Awkwardly, she spoke, “That crazy b*itch Rheia is looking for more lab rats for her crazy adventurers, but the guild had already blacklisted her long ago, and no private mercenary groups are willing to take her mission, and they started fighting because of that. Heheh, this happens often enough to be entertainment.”

Hao Ren acted like he understood everything as he listened. Of course, he did not know who Rheia was, but from what he heard, it was a simple civilian squabble, and he felt a little disappointed. He thought some apocalyptic news had broken out, making the place look more like an Umbral Realm…

Just as he entertained his thoughts he heard another commotion as the guild hall’s main door was opened with a loud “dush” and a tiny little lady was thrown out.